Improvement in gas-retorts



'BATTY & TAYLOR.

'Gas 'R etort.

No. 36,065. Patented Aug. 5, 1862.

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WILLIAM P. BATTEY, OF UTIGA, NEW YORK, AND WILLIAM TAYLOR,

OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAS-RETORTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,065, dated August 5,1862.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM P. BATTEY, of the city of Utica, in thecounty of Oneida and State of New York, and WILLIAM N. TAY- LOR, of thecity of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have together invented a new Retort to be Used in theManufacture of Gas from Petroleum-Oil;-and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full and exact description of the same.

.The construction of the retort is shown on the drawings on Plate 1 andPlate 2 at A. It is cast open at both ends, aiid is divided into threeor more chambers by horizontal partitions BB, extending lengthwisethrough it, as shown on the above-mentioned plates. The object of thechambers is to cause the oil from which the gas is made to pass throughthe length of the retort three or more times while thegas is beinggenerated. The course the oil takes is shown on Plate 2. It enters atGin the lower chamber, and takes the direction indicated through thechambers and-passes into the pipe at D. Both ends of the retort areclosed by movable heads, made as shown at E, Plate 1, and said plates orheads are secured to the ends of the retort, as shown at F F, Plate 1.These heads have a-flange on the inside and a groove around near theedge which fits onto a tongue cast on the ends of the re-- tort andextending around them, as shown at H H, Plate 1.

Both ends of the retort are made alike, and the bottom and top sides ofthe retort are also made alike, so that when the retort has been usedand its bottom side become worn or burned the retort can be taken out,and by turning it over and reversing its ends can be put back in itsplace and be used the same as when in its first position.

When reversed, as above mentioned, the opening I will be closed and asimilar opening for the pipe K K, Plates 2 and 3, will be made in thecircular plate L, (shown by dotted lines,) which, before reversion ofthe retort, was on the bottom side. I I Plates 3 and 4 show four retortsset up and connected with the balance of the apparatus used in makinggas.

Plate 2 also shows a front view of a modification of my improved retortwith its front plate removed.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1,.A gas-retort so constructed as to be capable of use in reversedposition, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the gas-retort'A, the removable heads F,substantially in'the manner and for the purpose set forth.

3. The use of two or more chambers, in com-,

bination with a gas-retort constructed substantially in the manner andfor the purpose set forth.

WM. P. BATTEY. WM. N. TAYLOR.

